Visitors
The Anne Frank House welcomed 1,266,966 visitors in 2017, a high number in view of the renewal work in the museum.
Museum visits
Annual Report 2017
The Anne Frank House is the place where the life story of Anne Frank is presented in the most authentic and reliable way. Every year we receive over 1.2 million visitors from all around the world.
Audio tour
A new feature of the museum is an audio tour. The free audio tour is one element of the renewal of the museum, allowing us to offer visitors more historical context and in-depth information, giving them a better understanding of the life story of Anne Frank and an enhanced experience of the hiding place. The tour is available in nine languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. Visitors are totally absorbed as they listen; it is silent in the museum...
Educational programmes
Many school groups from the Netherlands and abroad visit the Anne Frank House. Over 1,100 groups from primary and secondary schools, trainee teachers and vocational students followed educational programmes in Dutch, English or German.
Argentinean state visit
On 27 March the Anne Frank House and Queen Máxima welcomed the Argentinean president Mauricio Macri and his wife Juliana Awada.
‘The message of Anne Frank is one of hope in the midst of darkness. Anne Frank’s father was able to transform his enormous pain into a vision, committing the world to the struggle for human rights. ‘Think of all the beauty around you and be happy’, Anne Frank wrote. With affection and respect.’
Museum night
The first Saturday of November is the annual Amsterdam Museum Night, and the Anne Frank House once again took part. The museum was open until the early hours of the morning with a special programme. Museum staff gave additional information on the history of the Secret Annexe and the period in hiding at various points on the museum route, and answered visitors’ questions.
CJP card
Young people with a CJP card could sign up for a special reception in the Anne Frank House on 8 December. Around 150 passholders took this opportunity and came with a guest for an introductory programme on Anne Frank and the educational mission of the Anne Frank House, followed by a visit to the museum.
Malala
The Pakistani children’s rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai visited our museum in December.
‘I heard about Anne Frank when I was 11-years-old and writing my diary about life under terrorism where girls' education was banned. Anne Frank's story inspired me to believe in my words and voice to change the world. I am honoured and fortunate to have the opportunity to visit Anne Frank's House.’
Refugees
In January and February a group of Syrian refugees from the Syrian Volunteers in the Netherlands Network visited the Anne Frank House, where they were welcomed by young people from our Youth Team. The visit and the introduction before the tour of the museum made a deep impression. In May we welcomed a group of refugees from a variety of backgrounds who were following language lessons at the refugee initiative More than Les. And in October students with a refugee background from Right2Education at Amsterdam College visited the museum for an educational programme.